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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:47:33 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./a/animals/its_my_life.crd

                             "It's My Life"
                          (Atkins / D'errico)

Intro:

	12-string [2X, doubled with bass second time]

	    v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
	--|-----------------|-----------------|
	--|-----------------|-----------------|
	--|-----------------|-----------------|
	3-|-5-----3-5-----3-|-5-3-----------3-|
	--|-----------------|-----5-3-5-------|
	--|-----------------|-----------------|

	12-string [2X; continue through verse]:

	[Dm]     [G]       [Dm]    [G]
	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
	|-----------------|-----------------|--
	|-----------------|-----------------|--
	|---------3---5---|-6---6---5-3-----|--
	|-----5-5---------|-------------5-3-|-5
	|-----------------|-----------------|--
	|-----------------|-----------------|--

	bass:

	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
	|-----------------|-----------------|--
	|---------5---7---|---------5---7---|--
	|-5---5-5---------|-5---5-5---------|--
	|-----------------|-----------------|--

Verse 1:

	        Dm        G           Dm       G
	It's a hard world   to get a break in
	         Dm         G            Dm     G
	All the good things   have been taken

	     Dm           C    Bb           C
	      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
	    |-----------------|-----------------|--
	    |-----------------|-----------------|--
	    |-----------------|-----------------|--
	    |---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|--
	    |-5---5-----------|--------------5--|--
	    |-----------------|-----------------|--
	(But girl...)

	    Dm                      C    Bb       
	But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
               C    Dm                         C    Bb
	Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
	      C
	Some day
	  D        
	Hear what I...

	  G                 F
	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	|-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---|
	|-5---------------|-3---------------|
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	(say)

	    G     F                     G
	...say      I'm gonna ride the serpent
	F                   G
	No more time spent sweatin' rent
	F [3 bars]
	Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
	             G
	It ain't no use
	 F [2 bars]
	Holdin' me down
	 G [3 bars]
	Stick around
	But baby (but baby)
	Remember (remember)

Chorus:

	C        Dm           F          G
	It's my life and I'll do what I want
	C        Dm             F          G
	It's my mind and I'll think what I want
	F             G
	Show me I'm wrong
	F             G
	Hurt you sometime
	      F                          G    F  G
	But someday I'll treat you real fine

Verse 2:

	There'll be women and their fortunes
	[unintelligible]
	Are you gonna cry, when I'm squeezin' the rye
	Takin' all I can get, no regrets
	When I
	[unintelligible] and leave only money
	Believe me honey, that money
	Can you believe, I ain't no saint
	Who complains
	So girl go out
	Hand it out
	But baby (but baby)
	Remember (remember)

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

	  C       Dm           F          G
	(It's my life and I'll do what I want) Don't push me
	(It's my mind and I'll think what I want) It's my life
	(It's my life and I'll do what I want) And I can do what I want
	(It's my mind and I'll think what I want) You can't tell me
	(It's my life and I'll do what I want) [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers